CNN: Will the secretary's visit to the troops silence critics at home?

[Webster Green]

They wish!

Eat shit, media whores!

[roguevalley]

1. No. Nothing is going to change and him being there, using them

as props in his own bid to look caring isn't going to help. They know what he's doing and so will everyone else.

[Miami Liberal]

2. Me thinks Rummy was a few days late to lunch n/t

[luaneryder]

3. Why should it?

It's a totally transparent PR stunt. He would never have gone there before he was questioned in public by a member of the military on a subject that he'd rather keep quiet.

[blackangrydem]

9. I don't think security for his visit could be arranged that quickly

I believe the visit was planned ahead of time. It's also not his first visit.

I'm surprised Bush or Cheney didn't show up as well.

[aTm_exrugger]

10. This stunt sounded like the rallies during the campaign.

i.e. (paraphrase) I completely agree w/ you about this, but why doesn't the 14997.3 soldiers who do not die per day get into the media?

[luaneryder]

11. There are probably many who do

but the choice to speak out isn't an easy one to make once you've been integrated into the military. It behooves one to keep one's mouth shut, especially if one is enlisted (like I was).

[pscot]

4. Is that what it's supposed to do?

n/t

[Webster Green]

5. Well, it looks and smells like damage control....

I doubt it will work because its too obvious.

[Axo1ot1]

6. I love that it's being billed as a

Surprise Visit to Boost Morale!

This is the guy that isn't providing the troops with the equipment they need to be safe. This is the guy that fought to make this war happen from his first day on the job. The troops aren't fooled (as evidenced by his being called out in his little Q&A session earlier this month). How the hell is this asshole's presence in any way likely to boost morale?

[TrustingDog]

7. this is also the guy that...

was creaming his crusted shorts about how beautific his precision bombs are.

[Gloria]

8. Only when I know what that branding iron is for???? and if it's

an inside joke about torture--is it??????

[Joe Chi Minh]

12. Could he have gone out there, to just

maybe retail Frederick II's exhortation to his Guardsmen, when they were under fierce attack:
"Get stuck in, you dogs! Do you want to live for ever?"
"What's all this about body armour, anyway? Are you girly men? Does Arnie wear it? Did John Wayne? Well, sure they were never actually in a war...".

Nah. Can't be. He's pulled his finger out now, and ordered it. More I suspect that our brightest and best.

[AntiCoup2K4]

13. Rummy was sent because he's expendable.

It's a win-win situation for the neocon shitbags....

If Rummy comes back alive, they can spin it as a "morale boost" for the troops, and proof that the Fraudministration "really cares about our people in Iraq".

If Rummy got hit by the "insurgents", he would be declared a hero and a martyr and they would declare a national fascist holiday in his honor while moving Wolfieshitz or some other treasonous son of a bitch into his office.

[0007]

14. A dead Rummy would be the bending end, LOL!

[stumblnrose]

15. Are there critics at home?

And if so, is there a media mouthpiece for these malcontents. Damnit I want to see some heat on these pigs in the freaking press!!!!!!!!!!
And by press I mean Time not vanity Fair. Take back the glop....

[dansolo]

16. I thought that the troops were his biggest critics.

They're the ones getting blown up because of Rummy's screwups.

[elperromagico]

17. So his photo op is supposed to dispel all our concerns?

I had no idea it was that damned simple.

[Skittles]

18. it is in the minds of conservatives

they are f***ing pinheads